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Finding a stock picker who can beat the market can be daunting, as many mutual funds that outperform over a short period struggle to repeat the feat in the long run. Russ Wermers, professor of finance and director of the Center for Financial Policy at the Smith School, tells the Wall

The Ed Snider Center for Enterprise and Markets at the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business is pleased to announce a special workshop this summer for educators called Fostering the Entrepreneurial Spirit.

The committee on teaching awards is accepting nominations for the Legg Mason Teaching Innovations Award. The Legg Mason Award is given to recognize “exceptional originality, creativity and innovation in teaching.”

United’s and Delta’s shift to reward customers based on spending instead of miles could set up the airlines to milk big corporate accounts. But Smith professor Roland Rust says the strategy could turn off a broader base of customers in the long-run, including smaller business clients. Rust

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The Robert H. Smith School of Business is an internationally recognized leader in management education and research. One of 12 colleges and schools at the University of Maryland, College Park, the Smith School offers undergraduate, full-time and part-time MBA, executive MBA, online MBA, MS in business, PhD and executive education programs, as well as outreach services to the corporate community. The school offers its degree, custom and certification programs in learning locations in North America and Asia.